£39,425 WON IN STAKES

Southland Times, Issue 24232, 16 September 1940, Page 9

£39,425 WON IN STAKES

Remarkable Record

Of Ajax

ONCE UNPLACED IN 42 STARTS

The victory in the Memsie Stakes at Flemington on Saturday took Ajax into fourth place in the list of Australian stake winners, as it brought his total winnings to £39,425, and put him ahead of Limerick, £38,729/10/-. Those ahead of Ajax are: Phar Lap, £66,738; Amounis, £48,297/10/-, and Gloaming, £43,100. When they had done racing Phar Lap, Amounis, Gloaming , and Limerick had no further use, but Ajax will have great stud value. So far Ajax has started in 43 races for 35 wins, 5 seconds, 2 thirds, and was once unplaced. His record is in some respects similar to that of Carbine, whose record was 43 races, 33 wins, 6 seconds, 3 thirds, and once unplaced. The race in which Ajax was unplaced was the Sires’ Produce Stakes at Flemington, when he hung off the course. Injury was responsible for Carbine’s unplaced performance. 'He split a hoof in the Canterbury Plate, and was pulled up. Ajax has done little racing in handicaps. His first two races were handicaps at Caulfield as a two-year-old, and his first as a three-year-old was in the Chatsworth Plate at Caulfield. He did not contest another handicap until he ran in the Newmarket Handicap, which he won as a three-year-old. All his racing since the Newmarket Handicap has been in weight-for-age races or handicaps with a maximum weight. Six of 43 races contested by Carbine were handicaps—Newmarket Handicap as a three-year-old with. 8.12; Australian Cup as a three-year-old with 8.6; Sydney Cup as a three-year-old, 9.0; Sydney Cup as a four-year-old 9.9; Melbourne Cup as a four-year-old 10.0; Melbourne Cup as a five-year-old, 10.5. He won the two Sydney Cups, won one Melbourne Cup and was second in the other, was third in the Newmarket Handicap, and second in the Australian Cup. His winnings, however, amounted to only £29,626. The record of Ajax is as follows: — TWO YEARS

Won V.A.T.C. Holiday Stakes, five furlongs and a-half. 7.10 350 Won V.A.T.C. Federal Stakes, five furlongs, 8.5 525 Unplaced V.R.C. Sires’ Produce Stakes, seven furlongs, 8.10 —

Second V.R.C. Ascot Vale Stakes. six furlongs, 8.5 300 Won A.J.C. Sires’ Produce Stakes, seven furlongs, 8.10 2,945 Won A.J.C. Champagne Stakes, six furlongs, 9.1. 1,900 THREE YEARS Won V.A.T.C. Chatsworth Plate, one mile, 9.4 350 Won Rosehill Guineas, nine furlongs. 8.5 630 Second A.J.C. Derby, 8.10 800 Won V.A.T.C. Caulfield Guineas. 8.5 2.100 Second Victoria Derby, 8.10 1,000 Won V.R.C. Linlithgow Stakes, w.f.a., one mile, 8.0 700 Won V.A.T.C. Caulfield Futurity Stakes, w.f.a.. seven furlongs, 9.6 2,300 Won V.R.C. Newmarket Handicap, •six furlongs, 9.0 2,250 Won V.R.C. C. M. Lloyd Stakes, w.f.a., one mile, 8.6 700 Won A.J.C. All-Aged Plate, w.f.a., one mile, 8.8 1,150 Won A.J.C. C. W. Cropper Plate, w.f.a., six furlongs, 9.2 1,000 FOUR YEARS Won Williamstown Underwood Stakes, w.f.a., one mile 55 yards, 9.0 700 Won V.A.T.C. Memsie Stakes, w.f.a, nine furlongs, 9.7 700 Won V.R.C. Melbourne Stakes, w.f.a., one mile, 9.5 525 Won V.A.T.C. Caulfield Stakes, w.f.a.. nine furlongs 700 Won Moonee Valley W. S. Cox Plate, , w.f.a., nine furlongs and a-half, 9.0 ' 750 Won V.R.C. L. K. S. Mackinnon Stakes, w.f.a., one mile and aquarter, 9.0 700 Won V.R.C. Linlithgow Stakes, w.f.a,.

one mile, 9.0 700 Won V.R.C. C. B. Fisher Plate, w.f.a.. one mile and a-half, 9.0 700 Won V.A.T.C. St. George Stakes, w.f.a., nine furlongs. 9.0 700 Won V.A.T.C. Caulfield Futurity Stakes, w.f.a., seven furlongs, 10.6 2,300 Won V.R.C. King’s Plate, w.f.a., one mile and a-half, 9.0 700

Won V.R.C. C. M. Lloyd Stakes, w.f.a.. one mile, 9.0 700 Second Rosehill Rawson Stakes, w.f.a., nine furlongs, 9.0 100 Won A.J.C. All-Aged Plate, w.f.a.. one mile, 9.0 1,125 Won A.J.C. C. W. Cropper Plate, seven furlongs, 9.5 1,000 FIVE YEARS Won Williamstown Underwood Stakes, l w.f.a., one mile 55 yards, 9.4 700 I Wop V.A.T.C. Memsie Stakes, w.f.a , nine furlongs, 9.11 700 Third Williamstown C. F. Orr Stakes. w.f.a., seven furlongs, 9.5 100 Second V.A.T.C. St. George Stakes. w.f.a., nine furlongs, 9.2 200 Won V.A.T.C. Caulfield Futurity Stakes, w.f.a., seven furlongs, 10.5 2,300 Won V.R.C. King’s Plate, one mile and a-half. 9.3 700 Third V.R.C. C. M. Lloyd Stakes. w.f.a., one mile, 9.1 100 Won A.J.C. All-Aged Plate, w.f.a., one mile, 9.1 1,125 Won A.J.C. C. W. Cropper Plate, seven furlongs, 9.5 1,100 SIX YEARS Won Williamstown Underwood Stakes, w.f.a., one mile, 9.3 700 Won Memsie Stakes 700 TOTAL £39.425 Summary: Races, 42; wins, 34; seconds, 5; thirds, 2; unplaced, 1.